New women's minister appointed

Nicky Morgan has been appointed minister for women after the resignation of Maria Miller.

Nicky Morgan has been appointed minister for women after the resignation of Maria Miller.

Morgan is Conservative MP for Loughborough. She studied law at Oxford University and worked as a solicitor specialising in Corporate Law advising a range of private and public companies from 1994 until her election in 2010. In April 2014 Nicky was appointed by the Prime Minister to become the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

Nicky previously served as the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (2013 – 14), an Assistant Government Whip (2012 – 13) and the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to David Willetts, Cabinet Minister for Universities and Science (2010 – 12). In summer 2010, she was elected by her fellow MPs to serve on the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee, but gave up that position following her appointment as a PPS.